Patna: IAS officer on the run

Not long back, whatever he said was tantamount to law in the state's capital. Whatever he did had an impact on the quality of life of those living in Patna. But, life seems to have taken a turn for the worse for Bihar cadre IAS officer K Senthil Kumar - who is now on the run to escape the proverbial long arms of the law.

IAS officer K Senthil Kumar

Indeed, from peaks of fame to the pits of infamy, K Senthil Kumar seems to have seen it all within a span of one week. The former Patna Municipal Corporation Commissioner, who has been on the run since last Wednesday, has remained elusive since vigilance raided his office to probe alleged irregularities.

The 1996 batch IAS officer was the PMC commissioner for one year when financial irregularities were allegedly committed. He has now been removed.

When vigilance team visited his office on February 24, Senthil asked them to wait in another room pleading that he was going to bring the documents. However, Kumar sneaked out from the backdoor and disappeared in a private car. Since then, he has remained untraceable.

The vigilance sleuths are looking for the "missing" IAS officer in connection with certain irregularities, including clearance of maps of some under construction buildings, advertisement rights to companies in hoardings and some purchase irregularities.

The vigilance bureau has served a Kumar asking him to appear and give clarifications regarding the anomalies in PMC. Kumar, however, has preferred to skip the holi festival and has not appeared before the cops.

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